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Life in East Germany in photos
EAST Germany came into being in 1949. It was the communist German Democratic Republic. In 1961, the Berlin Wall split the city between East and West Germany. In 1968, the East German constitution stated that unification was impossible until the West became socialist. In 1990, Germany was reunified. The West had won the Cold War. What was life like back then behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany? These photos present a compelling picture:
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Refugees from communist East Germany, most of them young people, wait their turn to go through the registration formalities after arrival at the Marienfelde receiving camp in West Berlin, Germany on August 2, 1961. More than a thousand East German refugees are pouring into the isolated city every day. (AP Photo)
